Improved composition for filling the pores of wood



UNITED STATES PATENT OFF CE.

DE WIT'D 'o..oooLnY, CHAS. F. SMITH, AND 0. E. BRADLEY, or AURORA,

ILLINOIS. l a

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 49.382, dated August 13, 1865.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that we, DE Win (3. (JooLEY, CHARLES F. SMITH, and CYRUS E.BRADLEY, of Aurora, in the county of Kane and State of Illinois, have invented a new Compound for Filling Vood; and we do hereby declare that the following is a full and exact description of all the ingredients used, the method of com pounding the same, and the manner of using our wood-filling. a

The object of our invention is to provide a compound of different materials by the use of which the pores of wood can be conveniently :filled preparatory to finishing with varnish or oil.

To enable others to use our filling, we will describe the method of preparing andapplying the same. a y a The compound is prepared as follows, and

we generally prefer the given quantities of each: turpentine or benzole, two gallons; boiled lindseed-oil, one gallon; calcined mag nesia, one-half pound; japan, two gallons; starch, twenty pounds. These ingredients we grind together in a common paint-mill in the usual manner until they are thoroughly incorporated in one body. When this is done the filling is-readyfor use.

Operation or method of applyingour filling to the wood: We generally apply the filling to. H

- the surface of the wood by means of a common paint or varnish brush, but it can be applied with a sponge. One coat of the filling is gem erallysufficient, but for very porous wood two can be applied; After the filling has been put s on with the brushwe rub it in thoroughly with a sponge or rag in the usual manner. We

then allow the filling to dry, and then the y l p i wood is ready foravarnish or oil finish. If

an oil finish is required, itshould he applied in the usual manner of such a finish, after filling the wood. .If thework is requiredlto have a varnish finish, one coat of varnish will finish cherry, mahogany, and common furniture, and

, two coats of varnish willbe sulficient for oak or walnut wood. In filling woodfor paint, the

filling is used the same as foryarnish or .oil. l

In using ourfilling two coatsof 'arnishare saved, as one coat of filling and two coats of varnish are equal to four. coats of the best a it a varnish without the application of the filling. it Now, having fully described our compound it for filling wood, what we (claim as ourhinvention, and desire to secure by Letters Patent of l I s M the United States,is-- a Acompound for filling wood made of the l i a ingredients herein described, and mixed to.- a j gether in about the proportions and substan-jf 1 a l tially in the mannerset forth. n l a l DE WITTLOLOOOLEYQQ OHARLESF. SMITH, I a omus E. BRADLEY.

Witnesses:

AaEaBARKE R, H.-A. SEARLES. 

